The Roger Edwards Educational Trust
Analysis
The Roger Edwards Educational Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Usk. It was registered in November 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.
In the financial year ending March 2025, The Roger Edwards Educational Trust reported income of £30k and spending of £110k, spending 366% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £72k to £30k (-58%), an average of -19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 274%. Over the whole period it spent 142% of the income it received.
Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Roger Edwards Educational Trust sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include All Saints Primary School and Nursery Parent Teacher Friends Association (£30k), Brighter Future Initiative (£30k) and Proby Endowed School (£30k).
Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
To advance education for the public benefit by providing an assisting in the provision of facilities, not required to be provided by the local education authority for education, at the voluntary primary School at Usk and to promote the education (including social and physical training) of people resident in the area of benefit in such ways as the charity trustees think fit.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| All Saints Primary School and Nursery Parent Teacher Friends Association | All Saints Lane | £30k |
| Brighter Future Initiative | Manchester | £30k |
| Proby Endowed School | Cambridgeshire | £30k |
| Canvey Island U3a | Essex | £30k |